It was time to leave Freilassing and travel back to Frankfurt.
Kerali is cleaning up her little kitchen in her apartment.
Garth and I are packed and ready to go but wanted a picture in front of this unique old house that we had stayed in.
This shows more of the house. There are upstairs apartments as well as the two that we stayed in down stairs.
Our first stop was in Munich. This city gate was very different from any architectural style we have seen in Germany.
We were fortunate to find a parking spot on a very busy street close to the center plaza where we wanted to go.
The most imposing building in the plaza that filled one whole side was the "new" Rat House - the town hall. It is an immense ornate structure that apparently attracts a lot of tourists as confirmed by the number of people in the square taking pictures ofit.
Garth, Kerali and Taren
While we were looking the clock struck and the people in the tower began dancing to music
Kerali loved seeing the churches and we found another with masses of beautiful art work. Many of these old churches are really museums. I was struck with the lovely paintings on the ceiling.
Ornate work at the front of the building.
This is the scene of a "Beer Garten" and the tables were full even though it was a bit on the chilly side.
We found a Turkish Kabob shop and got our lunch there. Again, there are no tables inside so we sat outside and got rather cold.
We decided that we needed to go to Dachau and see the Concentration Camp there. It was a very sobering experience. This is the gate to the camp.
Many of the barracks buildings have been torn down but a few remain as a reminder and a memorial to the thousands who were kept there and the many who died there.
In the distance you see an example of the barracks. They were close together, row after row. Most of them were built by forced labor by the prisoners.
The guard house and entrance building.
This plaque was written in 4 languages and said:
"May the example of those who were exterminated here between 1933-1945 because they resisted Nazism help to unite the living for the defense of peace and freedom and in respect for their fellow men.
The building on the left is a huge building in which a museum has been created designed to give people a feeling of what it was like to be confined in this facility. Room after room after room contained posters and exhibits describing conditions, etc There were also things taken from the prisoners shown and biographies and pictures of some of the men. It was very sobering.
This was an example of what they had to sleep on. It appears they were crammed in as close together as they could possibly be and stacked on top of one another.
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